Houston

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #675 for boys in 2025, 402 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#318
1901 · 31 births
Debut · boys
1880
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,104
since 1880

Houston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Houston has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #318, 1901boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,86011#675402
2024#7,59414#704381
2023#7,24715#689387
2022#5,98420#696380
2021#4,60729#625440
2020#6,08319#730336
2019#6,69817#684374
2018#7,40915#751314
2017#9,34111#804284
2016#10,11310#803287
2015#8,00814#850264
2014#7,30216#932227
2013#11,9698#972206
2012#14,9626#936217
2011—#943210
2010#16,9925#878238
2009#13,7047#938219
2008#13,8327#872243
2007#15,4916#834256
2006#15,1526#834243
2005#10,12810#844218
2004#11,6248#827215
2003#13,8446#833209
2002#8,83711#882186
2001#9,35110#833195
2000#9,8749#776214
1999#8,80510#763209
1998#6,71914#727226
1997#8,33410#653251
1996#7,57411#635267
1995#6,25714#640264
1994#5,71316#633270
1993#11,7806#712211
1992#6,65213#748190
1991#6,58813#685218
1990#6,86712#729196
1989#6,16013#727185
1988#9,2447#713172
1987#8,7787#695171
1986—#785133
1985—#93994
1984—#848107
1983—#94288
1982—#99582
1981—#1,10168
1980—#1,13364
1979—#1,22156
1978—#1,20355
1977—#1,45040
1976—#1,28647
1975—#1,23847
1974—#1,43936
1973—#1,32939
1972—#1,28542
1971—#1,05759
1970—#1,04361
1969—#1,02756
1968—#85173
1967—#81877
1966—#1,02750
1965—#85973
1964—#88175
1963—#89170
1962—#1,05652
1961—#1,02858
1960—#1,09850
1959—#1,06852
1958—#88373
1957—#90870
1956—#80486
1955—#80782
1954—#75190
1953—#701102
1952—#71796
1951—#69999
1950—#72689
1949—#683100
1948—#68396
1947—#618121
1946—#626105
1945—#61297
1944—#581111
1943—#607108
1942—#571117
1941—#568112
1940—#517126
1939—#62188
1938—#529121
1937—#59395
1936—#577100
1935—#59395
1934—#563110
1933—#557105
1932—#496134
1931—#522123
1930—#532126
1929—#497139
1928—#493150
1927—#491153
1926—#481156
1925—#490154
1924—#470172
1923—#502147
1922—#480164
1921—#469170
1920—#459174
1919—#448171
1918—#460167
1917—#454154
1916—#443158
1915—#456145
1914—#469106
1913—#47583
1912—#51558
1911—#50634
1910—#42141
1909—#42834
1908—#36539
1907—#39632
1906—#45624
1905—#40428
1904—#40127
1903—#37027
1902—#36030
1901—#31831
1900—#38533
1899—#52114
1898—#48518
1897—#42220
1896—#35729
1895—#41422
1894—#46418
1893—#44817
1892—#54714
1891—#38620
1890—#53313
1889—#58111
1888—#38723
1887—#42016
1886—#34824
1885—#52113
1884—#48815
1883—#44816
1882—#43717
1881—#53311
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Houston was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

See more about Houston
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 29 spots since 2024 (#704 → #675)
  • 55 spots since 2020 (#730 → #675)
  • 175 spots since 2015 (#850 → #675)
  • Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1967 (#1,027 → #818)
  • Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1889 (#387 → #581)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #318 (31 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 128 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 128 yrs · run 1880–1958
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,434
  • Highest: 1 in 3,434 boys born in 1901 were named Houston (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,249 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 14.5% of all boys named Houston (2,621) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s162#348 (1886)#461
1890s185#357 (1896)#458
1900s305#318 (1901)#388
1910s1,117#421 (1910)#465
1920s1,579#459 (1920)#483
1930s1,097#496 (1932)#558
1940s1,093#517 (1940)#607
1950s839#699 (1951)#806
1960s634#818 (1967)#954
1970s482#1,043 (1970)#1,255
1980s1,164#695 (1987)#888
1990s2,302#633 (1994)#693
2000s2,198#776 (2000)#847
2010s2,621#684 (2019)#855
2020s2,326#625 (2021)#687

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Houston in 2009

girls
#13,704
7 births · 1 in 262,445 girls
boys
#938
219 births · 1 in 9,057 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #13,704Houston7

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #938Houston219
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 262,445 of them was named Houston, which outranked 32.2% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Houston
  1. #12,429Zymeria8
  2. #12,429Zynia8
  3. #12,429Zyrah8
  4. #13,704Houston7
  5. #13,704Aadyn7
  6. #13,704Aahna7
  7. #13,704Aairah7
  8. #15,242Aadison6
  9. #15,242Aahliyah6
  10. #15,242Aaila6

Tied with 1,537 names at #13,704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 9,057 of them was named Houston, which outranked 93.5% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Houston
  1. #935Landin220
  2. #935Slade220
  3. #935Vincenzo220
  4. #938Houston219
  5. #938Bailey219
  6. #940Isaak218
  7. #940Royce218
  8. #942Howard216

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009 →